Geez, help me out- cant figure it out..

[Jakef150]

My tank -2 yrs running, bio cube 29, skimmer tune 9002,AI SOL

I change water 5gal every weekend

Today, I filled a litte SW from my tank to bucket and put 2 rocks in it while I was little clean up in rear (not sand) and also catch chrmois.

Then put rocks in and fill the tal SW water up.

Approx 2 hours later, starfish died and few LPS release some kind of white web like melting shrink...

What the heck happen??

SPS looks fine to me

Do starfish cause this?

I just changed brs rox carbon to re fresh. 2 tbsp in a mesh bag.

I tested- Alk 8.6, cal 430, 1026, ph 7.8, slifert nitrate .02, phosphor 0.02 Hanna checker

Help

Thanks
Jake

 

[Jan]

Could there have been any chemicals in the bucket?

 

[Jakef150]

It's clean.

.i use it for mix salt all the time and then rinse it for next mix.

Thanks
Jake

 

[Jan]

Starfish should be taken out in water. What kind of starfish was it? I could have died right away and taken 2 hours to start to breakdown. Sponge will also cause problems if exposed to air, but your parameters are all good.

Large water change can sometimes cause a huge spawning event. That can foul water and cause cloudy water too. It would irritate livestock and corals, like the LPS.

 

[Jakef150]

Starfish, it has tiles on body..its very beautoful purple/orange.

Yah it has some sponge on rocks..

Yeah it's a bit cloudy and is starting to clear up slowly..

I removed the rocks and put it in bucket with SW like 3 or 5 seconds

Could I do water change now or wait till tomorrow ?

Thanks

 

[Jan]

I'd run carbon and check parameters.

 

[Jan]

Sounds like a fromia starfish. They aren't very easy to keep. Starfish do not do well if exposed, even for a very short time, to air. It may have been weak and then died???

Starfish, it has tiles on body..its very beautoful purple/orange.

Yah it has some sponge on rocks..

Yeah it's a bit cloudy and is starting to clear up slowly..

I removed the rocks and put it in bucket with SW like 3 or 5 seconds

Could I do water change now or wait till tomorrow ?

Thanks

 

[Jakef150]

Damn....I used flashlight to check and I can see all bird nest gone so do purple and blue styo

Might thinking about shut down and give some break from this hobby. It happens to me twice less than 3 month..dislike go thru stress oh well

Thanks

 

[mbg75]

Temp or alk swing? Did you stir up sny sand? I've had my birdsnest and stylo bleach out also. 2 times last year.

 

[Jakef150]

Check my other thread....I suspected scaly caused this..I was so sick 2am -9am

I think it's toxic saltwater into air..

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I'm feeling better now

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Thanks